However, the course material is updated to the latest versions of these packages and you can use them as a reference (currently: Angular Material 2.0.0-beta.7, Angular 4.2.4, Angular CLI 1.1.3).

Welcome to the course about styling Angular Material – Quickstart. If you want to be on the cutting edge of web development, you should use a library like Angular or React. Often for us, developers, designing the app is one of the most unpleasing activities. But there is hope. By using a standard design library like Angular Material (based of Material design), you can easily style your app and make it future-proof.